Jun 21, 2018 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
Roll into summer by exploring Burien biking opportunities with a guided group Bike SaFaRi (Safe Family Ride). Joining Burien Parks’ Great Day of Play on June 30, WABI Burien will first present a short refresher course on cycling safety. Cyclists, young and old,...
Aug 17, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
Just in time for the cooler temperatures we’re supposed to see this Sunday, we will be doing what will likely be our last daytime* Bike SaFaRi (Safe Family Ride) of the year. We plan to re-ride last month’s route to North Seatac Park because we were so...
Jul 14, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
WABI Burien’s Bike SaFaRi series continues this Sunday! Bike SaFaRis – “Safe Family Rides” – are monthly bike rides for young riders and parents, as well as those without children, that simply want to increase their cycling skills. There...
Jun 18, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event
Many thanks to the B-Town Blog for reporting on and posting this video of WABI Burien’s Father’s Day Bike SaFaRi. “The ride started at the Wild Strawberry Festival in Town Square Park and looped north through quiet neighborhoods and parks for a...
Jun 13, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
Take the family on a Father’s Day bike ride on the second Burien Bike SaFaRi of 2012, Sunday, June 17. The ride will follow a quiet, flat, 3.5 mile loop that connects Burien’s Town Square with several parks, community spaces, and schools to the north. A...
Apr 30, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured, Health & Well-Being
WABI Burien’s Bike SaFaRis – “Safe Family Rides” – are monthly bike rides for young riders and parents, as well as those without children, that simply want to increase their cycling skills. There have been little ones riding in...
Jun 21, 2018 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails
Join us for the Great Day of Play here in Burien, fun for all ages. WHEN: Saturday, June 30, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. WHERE: Moshier Fields and Art Center, 430 S 156th, Burien WHO: All ages are invited to this new event! (Read more details below.) Go on a Group Bike Ride...
May 9, 2013 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Cycling Resources, Featured
Friday, May 17th is “National Bike to Work Day”, but WABI has declared it “Burien Bike Day”. We want to encourage local folks to choose pedal-power not just for their commuting when possible, but also for fun and exercise. In support of the...
Apr 27, 2013 | Featured, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Care to walk through a wooded ravine, bright green with spring? This Sunday, May 5, our Walk-n-Talk will start at the top of the hill and walk down the service road to the Marine Science Center at the north end of Seahurst Beach. The road winds down toward the water...
Apr 5, 2013
Places become better when they are bikeable, walkable and full of options for modes of transportation. They become more interesting, more diverse, and more beautiful. They encourage activity and make their residents more healthy. They inspire more ways for people to...
Apr 4, 2013 | Cycling, Featured, Walking
We are people-powered in how we get things done (and hopefully how we get from A to B!). Behind-the-scenes of WABI efforts are a half dozen people that bring together quite a range of civic skills and experience. The “WABI-ists” are ardent cyclists and...
Jan 2, 2013 | Art Walks, Bike/Ped Advocacy, Bike/Ped Count, City of Burien, Cycling, Cycling Event, Cycling Resources, Featured, Health & Well-Being, Other Local Walks, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
Our new year is starting out with some beautiful days to get out on two feet and two wheels! Blue skies, sunshine and brisk, fresh air. Time for a nice walk or a ride. Happy New Year to all the WABI-ists… all of you that are involved or interested in WABI Burien,...
Dec 2, 2012 | Featured, Health & Well-Being, Walk-n-Talk, Walking, Walking Event
We got drenched! Five of us rain-slicker-clad walkers headed out from Burien Town Square, hunkered in a doorway, into the downpour, undaunted by the deluge. We took advantage of the awnings and overhangs as we walked along the south side of 152nd, and marveled at the...
May 20, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
Photographer Michael Brunk, (nwlens.com), master image-maker for the B-Town Blog, took delivery of the new, two-wheeled blogmobile just in time for Burien Bike Day. He toted cameras around Town Square and on the WABI Bike SaFaRi, giving his new wheels a spin. All...
May 19, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured, Health & Well-Being
Friday, May 18, was the first Burien Bike Day, and it was a rolling success! Presented by WABI Burien, (our local Walk/Bike Organization), Burien Bike Day overlapped National Bike Day and Bike to Work Day, encouraging people to choose a bike for commuting, running...
May 13, 2012 | Cycling, Cycling Event, Featured
Friday May 18th is National Bike Day. Last year, over 20,000 people in the Seattle metro area took to the streets on bicycles, pedaling their way to work, school, and the store on Bike Day. For Bike Day this year, newly formed Walk/Bike Burien (WABI) is challenging...
Apr 19, 2012 | Art Walks, Bike/Ped Advocacy, Cycling, Cycling Resources, Health & Well-Being, Parks & Trails, Walk-n-Talk, Walking
We’re on a roll! We’re up and running (or walking, at least). We, at WABI Burien, made our official announcement today letting the local world know that we’re stirring things up to create a rich walk/bike community. We sent out our Press Release and...
Apr 12, 2012 | Cycling, Featured, Health & Well-Being
As the days start to warm (and dry) up, don’t you just want to get out on your bike and ride around the neighborhood? Maybe take your two wheels up to get groceries instead of hopping in the car? Grab family and friends and take a rolling stroll? Cycle up to the...
Apr 11, 2012
In recognition of May being National Bike Month, nonprofit WABI (Walk/Bike) Burien, along with Bicycles West, Freggies, Discover Burien and the City of Burien will be sponsoring a day of activities for bicyclists of all abilities: Burien Bike Day, May 18, 2012. . . ....
